An Optimized Interferometer for HSRL Applications

Completed TRL 4

Description

Develop interferometric High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) receiver component technology that will reduce mass, power, volume, risk, and cost for the Aerosols-Clouds-Ecosystems (ACE) Decadal Survey mission. This interferometer will be a significant advance over the current HSRL-2 interferometer: More robust frequency locking (one degree of freedom vs. 3 in current design) Higher long-term calibration stability (increased accuracy in science retrievals) Allows simpler supporting detectors, electronics, and frequency locking architecture

Details

Technology area	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing > Ground Computing > Exascale Supercomputer File System
Program	Earth Science (ESD)
Lead organization	NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Start date	2012-07-02
End date	2013-05-31

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Parminder S Ghuman — p.ghuman@nasa.gov
Chris A Hostetler — chris.a.hostetler@nasa.gov

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